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USB sticks and multiple partitions

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Mar 15, 202651354 views

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I've got a USB stick with multiple Partitions on it (FAT32 (active), FAT32, Ext2, but that's another story) and it seems like that my Windows XP can only mount the first partition of the stick. If I try to mount the second one using the volume manager it tells me that I need to make it active and r…

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Windows XP doesn't support multiple partitions on removable drives. However, if you really need this, you can try and flip the removable bit of a USB flash drive. This will tell Windows your removable drive is a fixed disk, thus enabling it to see a…

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USB sticks and multiple partitions

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Fix for: USB sticks and multiple partitions

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